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- noun   Plural form of flambeau .
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								_ Mrs. Behn (or, haply, George Jenkins, the first editor of _The Widow Ranter_), here uses the ordinary form 'flambeaux' as a plural. The Works of Aphra Behn Volume IV. Aphra Behn 1664 
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								I cannot see, I said, that it is so very easy for a number of men to have been continually mistaking 'flambeaux' for 'stars,' 'thunder' for 'human speech,' and 'Roman soldiers' for 'angels.'" The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic Henry Rogers 1841 
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								The phaser shots flickered through the darkness, igniting the spongy green hearts and turning the oncoming figures into walking flambeaux. Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011 
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								The phaser shots flickered through the darkness, igniting the spongy green hearts and turning the oncoming figures into walking flambeaux. Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011 
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								Côté prestations devant public: nous sommes passés 4 fois au grand plaisir du public ! et dans la soirée , un défilé aux flambeaux, magnifique , devant le château illuminé ! le Chouans en Avant, Bivouac à Sully sur Loire de Brantigny........................ 2008 
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								The king found her “more beautiful than ever, in the shadows of the night, and the dancing light of flambeaux and her diamonds.” Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008 
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								The Italian then, extending his bare arm from under his linen vestment, pointed with his forefinger to five large flambeaux, or torches, placed on each side of the altar. 
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								The king found her “more beautiful than ever, in the shadows of the night, and the dancing light of flambeaux and her diamonds.” Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008 
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								The Italian then, extending his bare arm from under his linen vestment, pointed with his forefinger to five large flambeaux, or torches, placed on each side of the altar. 
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								Côté prestations devant public: nous sommes passés 4 fois au grand plaisir du public ! et dans la soirée , un défilé aux flambeaux, magnifique , devant le château illuminé ! Archive 2008-05-25 de Brantigny........................ 2008 
madmouth commented on the word flambeaux
Often found within caryatids
April 13, 2009